Indian Journal of Ecology
Web of Science
  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 50
  • Issue: 5

Effect of preharvest fruit bagging on physical parameters of different guava cultivars in rainy season crop

  • Author:
  • Mukesh Bishnoi, Ramesh Kumar Goyal1, Ankit Kumar2,*, Chaman Vats3, Bhawna4, Manish Kumar1, Abhishek Kumar5
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 1452 to 1456

1College of Horticulture, Maharana Pratap Horticultural University, Karnal-132 001, India

2Centre of Food Science and Technology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, India

3Department of Vegetable Science, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, India

4Department of Horticulture, Govt. of Haryana, Panchkula-134 116, India

5Department of Plant Pathology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, India

Department of Horticulture, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, India

*E-mail: ankitnagpal1995@gmail.com

Online published on 7 December, 2023.

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the effect of different bagging materials on the physical parameters of fruits from various guava cultivars viz. Hisar Safeda, Hisar Surkha,Allahabad Safeda and Shweta. The fruits were bagged immediately after fruit set with various coloured paper, polythene and cloth bags., the fruits bagged with blue polythene exhibited the maximum fruit weight, fruit length, fruit width and pulp weight as compared to control in fruits of Shweta. However, maximum specific gravity was observed in fruits of Hisar Safeda and Hisar Surkha as compared to the minimum in Shweta fruits. Hence, the fruits bagged with blue polythene, cotton cloth and green polythene were found promising in enhancing the physical parameters of various guava cultivars taken in the study.

Keywords

Ascorbic acid, Cloth bags, Phytonutrients, Polythene bags, Hisar Safeda